University of New Haven Athletics

2023: Earned Academic Distinction accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following the Fall 2023 semester … Made two appearances on the season, coming off the bench to play 28 minutes at home against Southern New Hampshire (Oct. 21) and 16 minutes in the season finale against Saint Rose (Oct. 28).

2022: Earned Academic Distinction accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following both the Fall and Spring semesters … Made an appearance in seven games, starting once … Played a total of 231 minutes with her longest outing coming in non-conference action against Bloomfield (Sep.5) … Earned her first collegiate start in his final appearance of the season against Pace (Sep. 21).

High School: Played two seasons of varsity soccer for the Bulldogs of Passaic Country Technical Institute … Also ran two seasons of indoor track and three seasons of outdoor track … Received the Silver Bulldog Award for earning seven varsity letters in four years of high school … Was a Big North Conference First Team All-Division honoree in track in 2021 for the 400 hurdles … Played for the North Jersey Futbol Club U18 Girls team, earning Defensive MVP honors in 2020-2021.

Personal: Daughter of Tammy and Chris Garcia … Has two younger siblings, Ethan and Hannah … Father, Chris, played collegiate football at RPI and cousin, Sara Buchner, was on the acro and tumbling team at the University of Oregon … Majoring in criminal justice and legal studies.